Boise Committee On Foreign Relations Features Former Obama Administration Speechwriter

Speechwriter and scholar Daniel Benaim stopped by the studios at Boise State Public Radio to have a talk with Weekend Edition host George Prentice.

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Daniel Benaim served as a speechwriter and policy planner in the U.S. State Department during the Obama Administration. He's a distinguished speechwriter, scholar and visiting lecturer at New York University.

This week he is the guest of the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations and he joined KBSX on Weekend Edition to talk about the current state of the State Department and U.S. foreign policy.

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You can learn more about the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations and its list of distinguished guests at BoiseCFR.org.

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